EDUCATION BRN
IMPLEMENTATION PROCESS
PRESENTATION TO DPG –MAIN
08-10-2013
BEATRICE OMARI
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Implementation Progress in Education BRN
Objectives:
Step change the quality of
basic education
Big Results by 2015:
 Pass rate of 80% for primary and
secondary school students
 Improve students’ mastering of 3R in
Standard I and II by implementing skills
assessment and training teachers
Institutional Set Up:
 Interim MDU with 6 members within
from within the Ministry and PMORALG

MDU Office under preparation
 Steering Committee formed involving
all the key stakeholder MDAs and
institutions .
Lab prioritized most crucial challenges
Big results now! Main
focus of the lab: address
challenges as a whole
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Teachers
T/L Materials and
facilities
A.
B.
C.
D.
E.
F.
Number of teachers
Teacher Competency/capacity
Teacher Motivation
Teacher Accountability
Teaching/Learning materials
Infrastructure and facilities
G.
H.
I.
Curriculum formulation process
Current curriculum content
Delivery/monitoring of curriculum
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Curriculum
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System and school
management
J.
K.
L.
M.
School level management
M & E and school quality assurance
Use of resources
Community involvement
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Assessment of
quality
N.
O.
Knowledge/skills assessment
Reporting of results
High
A B
G
H
Big impact potential
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Slow impact
potential: specific
areas can be
prioritized
Q P
F M
N
I C
E J
D O
K L
R
low
Slow > (2years ) Fast (1 -2
years)
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Cross cutting issues
P.
Q.
R.
General Student health
Gender
Infrastructure (electricity, ICT network
etc)
FAST DELIVERY?
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Operationalizing the Challenges..
• Thorough investigation of the challenges to
enact levers leading to an increase in the
quality of primary & secondary education
• How:
– increased teacher effectiveness
– better management
– Improved teaching & learning materials
– Community involvement
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Key Initiatives & Rationale
Initiative
1.
Official School ranking
2.
School incentive scheme
3.
School improvement toolkit
4.
National 3R assessment
5.
3R teacher training
6.
STEP (Student Teacher Enrichment
Programme)
7.
Rationale for selection
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Accountability and quality assurance are among the most important challenges for quality
Official ranking and results transparency will improve community engagement and accountability
School incentive scheme will motivate schools to deliver better results
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Cost efficient way for strengthening school management – provision of practical guidelines &
training will help every school progress
To ensure learning of basic skills in early grades
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No assessment in 3Rs allows poor performing students to move up the ladder – need for baseline
information for further improvement
Too broad to be tackled at the lab
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Will capacitate teachers to develop a culture of identifying and enriching low performing students
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Focused on SEDP 11 – an on-going unlocking of stuck funds – construction of basic facilities
in 1,200 school by 2014
Ensure t/l materials reach schools through alternative funding and monitoring
Basic facilities construction
8.
Capitation grants
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Timely releases important for schools & better utilisation
9.
Teacher motivation
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Identified as a MUST for any quality improvement programs
Recognition, settling claims, reduce process time to < 3 months.
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Our Quality transformation vision for the
Tanzanian Education system
Step change in
the quality of basic education
PSLE and CSEE pass rates of 60% (2013), 70% (2014) and >80% (2015)
Transparency
Incentives
Support
1) Rank 100% of all schools in
the annual official school
ranking starting with the
2012 PSLE and CSEE results
(Creation of accountability)
2) Reward 4000 most improved
schools every year with
monetary & non monetary
incentives and recognize top
200 performers, starting
with 2013 results
3) Distribute school
improvement tool Toolkit
and train 19,000 school
heads
4) Conduct the first
national 3R Assessment
( reading, writing and
arithmetic) in Standard
11 in October 2013
5) Train 12,3000 Standard 1 and
11 teachers in 3R teaching
skills
6) Train 17,000 primary and
8,000 secondary teachers to
support low performing
students (STEP)
7) Ensure 100% timely delivery
of books and materials to all
students
8) Construct basic facilities in
1,200 secondary schools
Teacher Conditions
9) Recognize teachers through non-monetary incentives, ensure 0 outstanding claims by end of June 2013, and 0
unresolved claims > 3 months moving forward
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SUMMARY OF ACHIEVEMENTS
 School Ranking of PSLE and CSEE has been done and published online in NECTA,
MoEVT, PMO-RALG, and TIE websites.
 School Improvement Toolkit has been finalised and published online in
MoEVT website and have been printed and distributed to all schools through
REOs.
 Briefing to all Regional Officers, District Executive Directors, District Education officers,
School Inspectors, Allied Institutions, Development Partners and Non-State actors on
BRN initiatives conducted.
 Teacher’s Handbook for English, Biology, Kiswahili, and Mathematics subjects has
been prepared.
 Test exams for the STEP initiatives in the selected subjects for Form 4( English,
Mathematics, Biology and Kiswahili) and STD VII in the piloted regions have been
conducted.
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SUMMARY OF ACHIEVEMENTS
 National 3R Assessment tools and sampling modality for Standard II have
been agreed upon and and training of two weeks started on 30th
September, 2013.
 Past Examination Papers from 2008-2012 for Form 4 and Primary Standard
Seven leaving Examinations have been compiled and sent to the Regional
Education Officers for distribution to schools for use by teachers and
students for practical exercises.
 Preparation of‚ Question Performance of Candidates“ (QPC) for English and
Kiswahili subjects for PSLE 2012 has been completed. The editing and
preparation of other subjects for PSLE and CSEE 2012 is on-going.
 Monitoring and evaluation for readyness of STD VII pupils to sit for their
exams conducted, analysis on going.
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Delivery Risks
No
ImplementationRisk/
Challenges
Initiative (s)Taken to Address the
Risk/Challenges
Proposed Solutions
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Capitation Grant – there is
evidence that release of funds
from councils to schools not
yet timely
Consultation with PMO-RALG to
enhance the flow of funds direct to
schools.
DEDs to be held accountable for
any delay of release of
Funds directly to schools..
2
Education levy not yet released
TEA has established a special account
for the fund and discussions on
modalities of utilization of the fund is
on going
MOEVT Minister to sort out with
Minister of MOF on detailed
modalities and amount to be
released annually as they are
collected.
3
Payment of increased Teacher
Claims on agreed time, and
new teacher claims undermine
progress made to date in
clearing backlog of claims
collection of teachers’ claims and
verification is on going involving
MOEVT and PMO-RALG/LGAs.
PSs of MOF, MOEVT, PMO-RALG
and PO-PSM to discuss and sort
out the issue.
4
Release of funds from Govt
contribution for construction
of 264 secondary school
amounting to 30bn
MOF requested to release Tshs 30bn
as counterpart funding.
MOF to expedite release of fund
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Stakeholder and Media Feedback
• Official BRN Education Launch done in August 2013 received
significant media attention
• Feedback both positive and negative –
– BRN just another political announcement
– 2013 targets are unachievable
– There is insufficient funances
• PDB and MoEVt working on Communication response and
long term strategy
• DPs supportive in various ways
• GPE application submitted and would contribute significant
BRN funds
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ASANTENI SANA
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